A day looking around Cairns...

We had some opportunity today to look around Cairns.  So we headed to places we hadn't seen yet.  There was a town just outside of Gordonvale called Yarrabah.  The signage was hard to find on the highway, so we had to use Moneypenny, the Navman. (er...Navlady?...no,..maybe G.P.S.)  She led us straight there.

The last time we were in Cairns, we sat on the boardwalk at the marina and looked across the water and thought about the road that would lead there.   So,...this time, we decided to have a look.

The drive into Yarrabah was very nice.   There's cane crops tucked up against the base of the hills and the sea breezes blow in from the south.  Some of the houses backed onto their own private beaches.  Unfortunately, you can't SWIM on these beaches as there's crocodiles that inhabit the area.

 

 

 

 

 

Yarrabah is an aboriginal community that's tucked right around the penisula and then some.  Very well laid out, all beach frontage with forest behind it.   The view from the top of the mountain facing out across the town is just how I pictured Fiji to be.  Very tropical with only a few streets.

Later in the day we headed back into Cairns and started looking at houses.  Houses?...well, you know...how the 'other half' lives.  Well, we  were actually looking at their gardens for ideas on what to do with our yard once we get back to Hervey Bay.  I've  figured it out.  Hire a landscaper and then a gardener.  Easy!  ....okay.  Maybe not.  And out of all the ritzy houses we saw,...this is the one that caught Chris's eye.

Please notice that that is a shipping container with MILLION DOLLAR  views.  It sits on the edge of the escarpment and overlooks  the WHOLE of Cairns.  It tickled Chris's funny bone.

And then.....as we headed further north to the Northern beaches area, we started looking at houses to BUY?!!.....What?!...we just BOUGHT a house and now you want to move to CAIRNS?!!  a little shanty on the beach?  Hmmm...sounds enticing, but I don't know.

                                                                                                

    

Nice spot,...but I don't think so.  Not just yet.  Let's think about this first. 

 

So as we relax into what's left of the afternoon, he's busy checking  out house prices online  and I'm playing with ideas for gardens and landscaping.